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Michigan Legislature Considering Bills that could Impact Auto Repairers
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation Lawmakers in Michigan’s state legislature are considering bills that could impact the operations of automotive repairers in the state. Two of those bills are described below: Senate Bill (SB) 25 passed 37-0 in the state senate. Currently, repair shops with multiple facilities must register the facilities under…
Read MoreHawaii Says Aloha to New Bills that could Impact Auto Repairers
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation Lawmakers in the Hawaii State Legislature have advanced two bills that could impact automotive repair businesses. Senate Bill (SB) 327 passed in an amended version in a House committee on a 6-0 vote. ASA is concerned that the amended version could exclude many repair businesses from benefiting…
Read MoreState Lawmakers in California Consider Bills of Significance to Auto Repairers
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation State lawmakers in California are considering several bills of significance to auto repairers in the state, including the bills listed below: Assembly Bill (AB) 272 would require that the State Air Resources Board submit its first report on the effectiveness (enforcement, operational downtime, and an estimate of…
Read MoreTwo Bills – One Blocked and the other Passed – in Utah with Implications for Auto Repairers
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation Utah’s State Legislature approved one bill and blocked another of relevance to automotive repairers. House Bill (HB) 522 failed to pass. It would have required non-OEM parts to be “substantially equivalent in quality and function to OEM aftermarket crash parts” if the non-OEM part is requested by…
Read MoreTexas Legislature Considering Bills that could Impact Auto Repairers
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation Lawmakers in the Texas State Legislature, which only convenes for 150 days every two years, are considering several bills that could impact automotive repairers. Senate Bill (SB) 1, the state’s budget legislation, instructs state agencies to use the most cost effective means available to maintain and repair…
Read MoreFederal Agency Says Congress Can’t Overturn California Vehicle Emissions Rules
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation The Government Accountability Office (GAO) – an independent federal agency that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services to the U.S. Congress – released a report revealing its opinion that Congress does not have the authority under the Congressional Review Act to overturn California’s more stringent automotive emissions…
Read MoreConnecticut Bill would Allow Vehicles to Bypass Emissions Inspections
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation SB 290 – a bill introduced in the Connecticut Legislature – would allow vehicles to ignore the state’s vehicle emissions inspection requirements. Specifically, the bill would, “permit the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to register a motor vehicle even if such motor vehicle is not in compliance with…
Read MoreU.S. House Prepping for Vote on Bill Blocking EVs from Tax Credits if Battery has Chinese Origins
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation The U.S. House of Representatives’ Rules Committee will consider advancing H.R. 7980, the End Chinese Dominance of Electric Vehicles in America Act of 2024. This bill would disqualify electric vehicles (EVs) from receiving the clean vehicle tax credit if “components contained in the drive battery or any…
Read MoreCalifornia Sends Bill to Governor Creating EV Economic Opportunity Zone in Riverside County
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation The California Legislature sent to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk a bill – Assembly Bill (AB) 2448 – that would create an “Electric Vehicle Economic Opportunity Zone” in Riverside County. It would create “programs to make electric vehicle manufacturing jobs and education more accessible to lower income communities.”…
Read MoreHarvard Study Finds EV Charging Network Worsening in Rural Communities
House Committees Schedule Markups on Key Automotive Legislation A study conducted by researchers at Harvard University has found that some rural communities are losing access to EV charging infrastructure. According to the study, there are thirty-four counties in the United States that used to have operating EV charging stations that no longer have any EV…
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